3c Samuel Gompers single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Depicts

Samuel Gompers, American, 1850 - 1924

Description

This Samuel Gompers Issue stamp features a portrait of Samuel Gompers. Gompers was an English-born American cigar maker and labor leader. He founded the American Federation of Labor, which helped secure more rights for workers, such as better wages, hours and working conditions, through collective bargaining.

United States; Samuel Gompers; England; cigar; labor; union; rights; portrait

Date

January 27, 1950

Object number

1980.2493.4087

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (bright red violet); adhesive / engraving

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Humanitarian Causes

Organizations & Associations

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ca162f22-c524-4957-9ea4-044f399d66e0

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.4087